How To Break The Lightsaber In 60 Seconds

#StarWars #Ahsoka #CloneWars

When Sabine Wren gets stabbed through the gut with a lightsaber in the Ahsoka series, it raised a lot of questions about why she didn't die?

"Do lightsabers even work anymore?"

"Did Qui Gon die for nothing?"

In this video we go in depth on the logistics of getting stabbed by a lightsaber and why you shouldn't be able to survive this without some life altering consequences. Now stop reading the description and watch the video so you can tell me what you think when you're done!

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[TheZombie]

You could argue Finn surviving getting his spine melted by Kylo was the start of this

[MidnightDoom]

Qui-Gon should only be the exception because of how long he survived. He managed to live out the entire duel, but anyone else from the Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith died in seconds instead of minutes. Qui-Gon should represent the extreme end of how long someone can survive a stab.

Edit: To all of you saying "Maul lived", I think he should be one of the only if not the only exception. Any more trivializes his feat

[theragingrodent__]

I think the worst part in the case of Rey v Kylo is that it takes away the impact of her mistake. She didn't want to kill Kylo, she wanted to save him, and by killing him out of anger she failed in that goal, briefly giving her an actual character flaw. Then the force feels bad for her I guess and gives her the ability to reverse her mistake instead of learning from it.

[saintdane]

Remembering the time Fennec got shot with a basic blaster bolt and then left for dead out in the Tatooine desert and had to go full cyborg.
Meanwhile a lightsaber that went through an entire body only needs some Bacta and she’s fine

[JoshuaDHSW]

The problem is that surviving a lightsaber stab has happened so many times now, compared to just Darth Maul before that. Now lightsaber stabs seem to be just as fatal as a car crash in a Fast and Furious movie (ie not at all)

[maja.z.pszczola]

I read somewhere that Disney exchanged cut off limbs for dramatic stomach stabs, and I think it’s very accurate. There are an infinite number of possibilities for how to hurt someone with a lightsaber without killing them, but that wouldn’t be suspenseful enough. Honestly, when was the last time someone had their hand cut off? It’s a Star Wars staple!

[seansmith]

The reason maul works is because the shock isn't him dying
It's him surviving
Mual is 100% the exception that proves the rule

[twistedvtuber]

Obviously every lightsaber stab missed their vital organs

Piccolo: ALL OF THEM?!

[Sir_Amu]

When I first watched that episode of Ashoka, I thought Sabine was dead. I was disappointed when she lived again, because it didn't feel like she could have survived the stabbing. Absolutely agree with you

[StarGazergaming]

Instead of stabbing Sabine, they should have done what Dooku did to Kenobi. In Attack of the Clones, Dooku simply delivered a glancing blow to Kenobi and poked his leg, both were enough to put him out of commission for the fight, hell Dooku barely touched Kenobi yet the slightest hit flung his arm and leg back and he was down.
Something as simple as a poke from a lightsaber can be nonlethal but still show just how powerful the weapon is.

[creativename]

It's funny how Maul's case has a whole lot of explanation of how and why he survived, but the other cases are just "Yeah, no, they're not dead, just cause"

[cyber_xiii]

The biggest problem I have with lightsaber stabbings is that moving a lightsaber through flesh should be the same as moving a spoon through water. Any little movement would slice more and more.

I’m sure the most trained fighters could make a clean stab in and out without little wobbles doing more damage, but it seems EVERY instance of lightsaber stabs works like any other sword/blade where the saber is embedded in the spot it stabbed through rather than going in and cutting sideways as it’s inside due to the person falling over or something similar.

The sabers should be going through bodies like a hot knife through already warm butter, not a sword getting stuck inside its victim.

[KaldwinUnderscore]

I think the most egregious part about Sabine's stabbing is that the lightsaber pivots while it's inside her, which means that the end of the blade coming out of her back would have sliced a few inches up through her liver and right lung. She should in no way have survived that.

[johnnyanderson-roblox]

They've never been the same since the Prequals.

In my opinion, the Prequals had it perfect in nearly every way. The deadliness, the way they looked, the sounds, their effect, their usage, their interaction in duels, their deflection of blaster bolts, their speed and of course their use.
Shit was chopped up, droids, hands (multiple hands), heads and bodies were sliced and diced. Impalement was death and a slice was near guaranteed fatality.

Simply, the Prequals had em right and almost no piece of content has gotten them right since (except Starkiller and 2005 BF: II to a degree).

[gabrieldevoogel]

6:10 the official statement is dumb as hell, pretty much says “Rey felt bad for that murder after all the Facists she’s killed because this one was attractive and had a nice mother”

[xavierbennettgregbetter]

Starwars needs the regular sabers back

[CaptDarkStar]

Are we not going to talk about how Fin took a lightsaber right up the spine and survives!

[oinkleberry]

What's always been weird to me about a LOT of lightsaber stab wounds is the person doing the stabbing doesn't wrench the thing in any other direction other than directly OUT. Like, I understand seeing that full frontal would make Star Wars rated-R but like, logically speaking that's what they'd do to make sure their opponent is finished off, especially now that lightsaber stab wounds apparently aren't guaranteed to be fatal.

[alexandercross]

10:30 there's also the fact that Darth Maul was portrayed as being supremely tough, his reaction to being cut in half was to flinch and then not make a sound even as he fell down a bottomless pit.

[iconickerem]

In defence of Jedi Survivor, they included a NG+ option for "realistic" damages. You one shot everyone but you die immediately If you get hit. It is not about weakening the saber. It is in all of Call of Duty, they sometimes add "Realistic" difficulty as well